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Maps show UK fibre rollout plans
News The research firm Point Topic has published four maps showing the likely rollout of next-generation broadband access across the UK over the next few years. By the end of 2012, Point Topic estimates, 34.8 percent of the UK population, or 21,350,000...
[November 12, 2009, 15:20]
Ofcom seeks to speed up UK fibre rollout
News Fibre could be laid through the UK's sewer ducts to help speed up the rollout of super-fast broadband to homes and businesses across the country. Fibre networks are being fitted at three estates in the UK and Ofcom is hoping to encourage further...
[April 17, 2008, 8:43]
BBC may help fund UK fibre rollout
News The interim Digital Britain report, published earlier this month, paves the way for 2Mbps broadband for all UK households and considers the question of how to finance the rollout of next-generation fibre networks.
[March 12, 2009, 11:05]
UK-wide mobile WiMax rollout unlikely, says backer
News Mobile WiMax could serve a substantial niche market in the UK, but is unlikely to deployed in any nationwide networks, a member of a key industry group has said. Bluenowhere, a wholesale wireless network operator, is one of the companies involved...
[July 22, 2009, 11:00]
3 supercharges its network with HSDPA
News Mobile operator 3 demonstrated its HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) network on Tuesday in advance of its planned UK-wide rollout, managing download speeds of 1.5Mbps at its central-London store.
[August 15, 2006, 15:15]
IT glitch bites into Cadbury's profits
News A spokeswoman for CTB said the IT problems relating to the UK rollout have now been resolved. CTB was left with a glut of chocolate products at the start of the year, after the rollout of a new SAP-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) system...
[June 8, 2006, 15:05]
Wi-Fi Cloud could be silver lining for rural broadband
News The company that has just launched the most ambitious rollout of Wi-Fi hot spots in the UK believes it could also play a role in closing Britain's broadband divide. Further rollout is being conducted through its registration scheme, where local...
[March 24, 2003, 12:12]
Experts: Broadband access is priority over fibre
News The broadband industry needs to focus on making broadband available to more people in the UK before concentrating on the rollout of faster next-generation networks, according to industry experts. It's even more important [than a next-generation...
[January 27, 2009, 7:51]
Hackers target BT over ADSL delays
News BT's Web servers were defaced at the weekend by a computer hacker angry at the delayed rollout of ADSL across the UK. The rollout of ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) technology across Britain has been beset by problems.
[April 2, 2001, 11:55]
BT broadband advances rebuffed by government
News The government has reacted coolly to the suggestion that it should work in partnership with BT to drive the rollout of broadband across the UK. Verwaayen explained that if ADSL was used to bring broadband to public sector organisations across the...
[April 3, 2003, 16:14]
Government subsidies 'would harm Broadband Britain'
News The UK government should not subsidise the rollout of high-speed Internet services across Britain, as there are no parts of the country that will never be served by broadband. Some in the industry have gone further, and urged the government to...
[November 15, 2002, 15:10]
Broadband rollout in crisis
News The rollout of broadband services in the UK hit crisis point Tuesday as yet another operator -- World Online -- withdrew from unbundling, leaving experts demanding government and regulatory intervention to save the failing process.
[February 6, 2001, 9:40]
UK shrugs off American broadband troubles
News Telewest (quote: TWT), which is due to rollout its broadband Internet access service within the next 10 days, said that the company was confident of avoiding problems of excessive bandwidth hogging and had "systems and processes in place to avoid...
[March 20, 2000, 8:42]
Government urges BT to cut ADSL costs
News The UK's e-commerce minister, backed by the government's Broadband Stakeholder Group, has called on BT to boost the rollout of broadband Internet services in the UK, by making more aggressive price cuts than it has managed so far.
[September 26, 2001, 11:52]
Swisscom to speed up Wi-Fi rollout
News I think the takeover has to mean that rollout will speed up," Brown told ZDNet UK News this week. Swisscom Eurospot is planning to accelerate its Wi-Fi hot spot rollout over the next few months. Brown admitted there had been some problems with this...
[June 25, 2003, 16:33]
Broadband threatened by road digging charges
News Concern is growing that the rollout and take-up of broadband services by UK companies could be damaged if telecoms firms are forced to pay up to £500 per day to dig up roads and install equipment. The effect of national implementation of lane...
[May 14, 2002, 9:54]
Britain will 'lead the world' in broadband
News The UK will become a world leader in the rollout of high-speed Internet services, according to a report issued on Tuesday by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The OECD's figures are largely based on projections for...
[May 11, 2004, 18:00]
E-commerce minister: No rural broadband subsidies
News The UK government is still not prepared to subsidise the rollout of broadband to rural areas, as is happening in some other countries, despite increasing concern that a digital divide is emerging between broadband haves and have-nots.
[June 24, 2002, 14:11]
Manx Telecom sets date for super-3G
News T-Mobile, however, was the first UK network operator to make its plans for a rollout on the mainland explicit. The rollout will start on a small scale on its network on the Isle of Man, which has a population of some 75,000.
[October 20, 2005, 17:25]
Businesses told to gang up for broadband
News It is hoping to accelerate the rollout of broadband services in the UK, at a time when BT is refusing to offer its ADSL service in many rural areas until it sees more evidence of demand. BT does not feel that it should be criticised for making the...
[January 31, 2002, 11:29]
